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Logging in to the XClarity Management Hub for edge-client devices

You can launch the XClarity Management Hub web interface from any computer that has network connectivity to the XClarity Management Hub virtual machine.

Before you begin

Ensure that you are using one of the following supported web browsers.
  • Chrome 80.0 or later
  • Firefox ESR 68.6.0 or later
  • Microsoft Edge 40.0 or late
  • Safari 13.0.4 or later (running on macOS 10.13 or later)

Access to the web interface is through a secure connection. Ensure that you use https.

If you are configuring XClarity Management Hub remotely, you must have connectivity to the same layer 2 network. It must be accessed from a non-routed address until the initial setup is complete. Therefore, consider accessing XClarity Management Hub from another VM that has connectivity to XClarity Management Hub. For example, you can access XClarity Management Hub from another VM on the host where XClarity Management Hub is installed.

XClarity Management Hub automatically logs out user sessions after 60 minutes, regardless of activity.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to log in to the XClarity Management Hub web interface.

  1. Point your browser to the XClarity Management Hub IP address.
    https://<IPv4_address>
    For example:
    https://192.0.2.10
    The IP address that you use depends on how your environment is set up.
    • If you specified an IPv4 address in eth0_config, use that IPv4 address to access the XClarity Management Hub.
    • If a DHCP server is set up in the same broadcast domain as XClarity Management Hub, use the IPv4 address that is displayed in the XClarity Management Hub virtual-machine console to access the XClarity Management Hub.
    • If you have eth0 and eth1 networks on separate subnets, and if DHCP is used on both subnets, use the eth1 IP address when accessing the web interface for initial setup. When the XClarity Management Hub starts for the first time, both eth0 andeth1 get a DHCP-assigned IP address, and the XClarity Management Hub default gateway is set to the DHCP-assigned gateway for eth1.
    The XClarity Management Hub initial login page is displayed:
    Illustrates the initial log-in page for Lenovo XClarity Management Hub.
  2. Select the desired language from the Language drop-down list.
    Note
    The configuration settings and values that are provided by the managed devices might be available only in English.
  3. Enter your user credentials, and click Log In.

    If you are logging in to XClarity Management Hub for the first time, enter the default credentials USERID and PASSW0RD (where 0 is zero).

  4. Read and accept the license agreement.
  5. If you logged in for the first time using default credentials, you are prompted to change the password. By default, passwords must contain 8 – 256 characters and must meet the following criteria.
    Important
    It is recommended that you use strong passwords of 16 or more characters.
    • (1) Must contain at least one uppercase alphabetic character
    • (2) Must contain at least on lowercase alphabetic character
    • (3) Must contain at least one number
    • (4) Must contain at least one special character
    • (5) Must not be the same as the username
  6. If you logged in for the first time, you are prompted to choose whether to use the current self-signed certificate or to use an externally CA-signed certificate. If you choose to use an externally-signed certificate, the Server Certificate page is displayed.
    Attention
    The self-signed certificate is not secure. You are advised to generate and install your own externally-signed certificate.

    For information about using an externally-signed certificate, see Installing a trusted, externally-signed server certificate for XClarity Management Hub for edge-client devices.

After you finish

You can perform the following actions from the User-Account menu (User Account menu) in the upper-right corner of the XClarity Management Hub web interface.
  • Log out of the current session by clicking Log out. The XClarity Management Hub log in page is displayed.

  • Ask questions and find answers using the Lenovo XClarity Community forum website.

  • Submit ideas about XClarity Management Hub by clicking Submit ideas from the User-Account menu (User Account menu) in the upper-right corner web interface, or by going directly to the Lenovo XClarity Ideation website.

  • View the online documentation clicking User’s Guide.
  • View information about the XClarity Management Hub release by clicking About.

  • Change the language of the user interface by clicking Change language. The following languages are supported.

    • English (en)
    • Simplified Chinese (zh-CN)
    • Traditional Chinese (zh-TW)
    • French (fr)
    • German (de)
    • Italian (it)
    • Japanese (ja)
    • Korean (ko)
    • Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR)
    • Russian (ru)
    • Spanish (es)
    • Thai (th)